Дети железной дороги

For valour.

           Acarpethadbeenputdownandtherewerepotsofrosesonthemantelpieceandonthewindowledgesgreenbranchesstuckup,likehollyandlaurelareatChristmas,overtheframedadvertisementofCook’sToursandtheBeautiesofDevonandtheParisLyonsRailway.TherewerequiteanumberofpeopletherebesidesthePortertwoorthreeladiesinsmartdresses,andquiteacrowdofgentlemeninhighhatsandfrockcoatsbesideseverybodywhobelongedtothestation.Theyrecognizedseveralpeoplewhohadbeeninthetrainonthered-flannel-petticoatday.Bestofalltheirownoldgentlemanwasthere,andhiscoatandhatandcollarseemedmorethaneverdifferentfromanyoneelse’s.Heshookhandswiththemandtheneverybodysatdownonchairs,andagentlemaninspectaclestheyfoundoutafterwardsthathewastheDistrictSuperintendentbeganquitealongspeechverycleverindeed.Iamnotgoingtowritethespeechdown.First,becauseyouwouldthinkitdull;andsecondly,becauseitmadeallthechildrenblushso,andgetsohotabouttheearsthatIamquiteanxioustogetawayfromthispartofthesubject;andthirdly,becausethegentlemantooksomanywordstosaywhathehadtosaythatIreallyhaven’ttimetowritethemdown.Hesaidallsortsofnicethingsaboutthechildren’sbraveryandpresenceofmind,andwhenhehaddonehesatdown,andeveryonewhowasthereclappedandsaid,"Hear,hear."

           Andthentheoldgentlemangotupandsaidthings,too.Itwasverylikeaprize-giving.

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